Chapter 119 I like to bully South Korea
On May 31st, Bayern will face Frankfurt at home.
But six hours before the start of this game, a game to determine the main draw spots of the "Men's Basketball World Club Championship" was held in the Philippines.
As we all know, basketball has always been very popular in the Philippines due to the influence of American culture. It is the number one sport in the Philippines, or the national sport.
Filipinos are more passionate about basketball than any other sport, so as early as 1975, the Philippine Basketball League (PBA), the most standard professional basketball league in Asia, was established.
In addition, the Philippines also created a standard college league, which basically copied the NBA and NCAA to the Philippines.
The history of NBA players playing in the PBA after retirement is many years earlier than that of the CBA. Even the first time an NBA team played against a Fiba team, the opponent was a Philippine club.
So in the first World Club Asian Selection Tournament, the "Philippine Northern Cement" team owned by the Chinese tycoon Xu Huangge successively swept clubs from Singapore, Japan, and Malaysia, and finally met China's Bayi Team in the final.
There are only 12 places in the main draw of this World Club Championship, and the Asian Division has only given one qualifying place. Of course, both clubs are bound to win.
In addition to the home court advantage, the advantage of the Philippine Northern Cement Team is that the PBA did not strictly restrict foreign aid rules in the early days. Therefore, their team has three American foreign aids, two European foreign aids, and even an active resident with dual nationality of the United States and the Philippines.
Even the head coaches of American soldiers at military bases in the Philippines are foreign teachers from Yugoslavia.
This is the reason why "Northern Cement" can sweep the Asian teams. Basically, the players they can play on the field are foreign players, and even the coaches are not locals.
But does the Bayi team have no chance?
Of course not, "Northern Cement" beat its opponents by an average of 32 points per game before entering the finals, but China's Bayi Team beat its opponents by an average of 40 points per game!
That’s right, it’s 40 points!
If "Northern Cement" beat its opponents all the way to the finals, then the Bayi team crushed its opponents all the way to the finals!
Especially in the semifinals against South Korea's "Kia Motors", the Bayi team beat the shit out of the South Korean players with a huge score of 105:46.
At this time, the South Korean media was once again in a state of mourning. Not long ago, they were brutally beaten by the Chinese team in the football field.
This time Kia Motors brought together three main players of the South Korean national team, with a total of 6 national team players.
I thought I could get a good result in the Asian qualifiers, but who would have thought that the Chinese team would suffer such a miserable performance.
Now that football and basketball have completely collapsed, the people in South Korea are almost afraid to watch sports channels.
At this time, the players reported by the Asian media, in addition to the foreign players of "Northern Cement", the 17-year-old rookie in the Bayi team is also the focus of the media. In the words of the Philippine media, this is a monster that is simply not human!
This monster is, of course, Luda. He was officially transferred to the Bayi Military Region Men's Basketball Team in April, and he also brought his fellow player Gong Luming with him, filling the gap of Wu Xinshui's age.
In this Asian qualifier, Ruda averaged 44 points, 17 rebounds, 6 assists, 7 blocks and 6 steals in the first 4 games.
His most brilliant game was naturally the semi-final against South Korea where he scored 55 points, 22 rebounds, 8 assists, 8 blocks, and 7 steals.
Such a miraculous performance shocked the entire Asia. At least dozens of countries sent nearly a hundred media to today's finals. They all wanted to see this Chinese non-professional team encounter the Philippines, which relies almost entirely on foreign aid.
Team, who can win?
"Our opponent is very strong, especially the strong power forward. Don't treat him as a high school student. This is a guy who can go to the NBA to participate in the draft and be selected in the top three."
Before the game, the head coach of the Northern Cement Team, Jatovich, reminded those American foreign players who were clamoring to kick the Chinese butts. He could tell from the videos of the Chinese team’s previous games that this opponent was very good.
In particular, the tactical execution ability and basic skills are not inferior to those of the Yugoslav team.
But it can be seen from the indifferent expressions of these Americans that these bastards still do not take him as the head coach seriously.
"Mr. Coach, Asian teams are all weak losers. They win more points than us because their opponents are weaker."
"Yes, if that kid meets us, he will know that the Asian competition is not worth mentioning. No matter how good the performance in this kind of competition is, it will not be convincing."
"How could he be selected in the top three? Mr. Jatovic, do you know what the NBA is like?"
"Mr. Coach, you will soon know how vulnerable that Chinese kid is. We will let him know how vast the world is and that China is just an evil place abandoned by God."
The four American foreign players in the Northern Cement team have always been dismissive of this Yugoslavian. If NBA players were not able to participate in the Olympics and World Championships, how would the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia have any chance to challenge American basketball.
This Yugoslavian has no idea what the level of players in the NBA is. How can a Chinese play in the NBA?
At this moment, in the Bayi team's locker room, head coach Chen Jiangxiang is making final arrangements.
"Northern Cement's foreign players come from all over the world. A few Americans are strong and have good physical fitness, but their basic skills are not solid. European foreign players have good skills but average physical fitness. We cannot underestimate them, but there is no need to mythologize them. This football
The team’s biggest problem is poor discipline and disjointed tactical execution. European and American foreign players are incompatible with each other and do not cooperate. Therefore, we must actively help defend and double-team them, and isolate whichever team has the ball.”
Chen Jiangxiang has also done some research on Northern Cement. This team has strong personal abilities, but they always play by themselves in games, especially the two Yugoslavian foreign players and the American foreign players who have little cooperation.
In this situation, no matter how strong one's abilities are, the fight will be in disarray.
"We have to be integrated tonight, play as a team, and then use our speed to overwhelm them!"
Naturally, the Bayi team still has to beat Xiao Ling Kuai. Although Mu Tiezhu will definitely not be able to get up to speed, the other four can rush over and start a fast attack first. If there is no chance, they will have to stop and wait for Mu Tiezhu to start the positional battle again.
The international basketball rules of this era are still 30 seconds for a single attack. They play fast breaks in the first ten seconds and positional battles in the last 20 seconds. This routine completely works.
"Go to Brazil, go to Brazil!"
Before the players of the Bayi team came out on the field, they shouted slogans of "Go to Brazil".
As long as they kill Northern Cement tonight, they will be able to represent Asia in the main round of the Global Club Championship in Brazil.
At that time, the NBA and NCAA championships, including major basketball teams from Europe and South America, will participate, so they can see what the top basketball clubs in the world are like.
The players of the Bayi team get excited just thinking about such a big scene!
Chapter completed!